Brake for velocipedes



(No Model.)

S. ELLIOTT.

BRAKE FOR VELOGIPEDES.

No. 428,383. I Patented May 20, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STERLING ELLIOTT, NEWTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, OF CHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRAKE FOR VELOClPEDES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,383, dated May 20, 1890.

Application filed July 29, 1889- Serial No. 319,071- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STERLING ELLIOTT, of Newton, county of Middlesexfitate of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Velocipede-Brakes, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyin g drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to con- IO struct a simple, durable, and reliable brake for velocipedes which will not rattle when the machine is moving.

My invention consists in a combination with the brake-train of a spring located at one end end thereof and forming a point of purchase for the spring for holding the train undertonsion and again st rattling. A devicepreferably an operating-leveris arranged at one end of the brake-train, by which it is moved, and

a brake-shoe is located at the other end of the train. The brake train is also preferably made longitudinally adjustable.

Figure 1 shows in section aportion of avelocipede havinga brake embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a plan View of a portion of the steering-handle having pivoted to it an operating lever or device for the brake; Figs. 3and 4, side and edge views of the brake-shoe-carrying lever on an enlarged scale.

As herein shown, the brake-shoe ct'is loosely connected to the lever a, pivoted at a to the frame-work of the machine, said brake-shoe being adapted to operate on the rim of the driving-wheel, which. in this instance is the rear wheel. The frameb is made tubular, and so also the steering-bar c, and the lever a has arranged on it at one or both sides a series of pins 2, one or another of which are engaged by hooks 3,'attached to a chain cl, which passes through a hole d at the upper end of the le ver, thence through the tubular frame I), over pulleys 4, saidchain bearing against the inner sides of the frame. The upper end of the chain is connected to one end of the lever (1 pivoted at d to a clip or frame on the handlebar 6. The lever d constitutes the operating lever or device by which the chain is drawn and the brake-shoe applied. The chain made up of links constitutes the brake-train, by

of the train and a seat located at the other which means power is transmitted from the operating-lever to the brake-shoe. A pro ection or seat at is formed on the operating-lever d which serves as a stop, rest, or abutment for the lever, and a spring is arranged at the other end of the brake-train, (herein shown as hearing against the brake-levera,) the tendency of the spring being to draw the braketrain taut against the seatn as apoint of purchase, to thereby take up any slack or play in the train, preventing it from rattling. The train is adjusted by engaging the hooks 3 w1th different pins on the lever a.

To operate the brake, the lever d is moved on its pivot.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the particular form or construction of brake-tram shown nor to which end of the train I apply the spring or seat, and it is obvious that any other connecting mechanism or device having a spring at one end and a stop or seat at the other end will fulfill the requirements of this invention and thereby come within its scope.

I claim 1. In a velocipede, the combination, witha brake-train comprising a connected series of parts, of a spring located at one end of the train and a seat located at the other end thereof and forming a point of purchase for the spring in holding the train under tension and against rattling, substantially as described.

2. In a velocipede, the combination, witha longitudinally-adjustable brake-train comprising a series of connected parts, of a spring located at one end of the train and a seat 10- cated at the other end thereof and forming a point of purchase for the spring in holding the train under tension and against rattling, substantially as described.

3. In a velocipede, the combination, with a brake-shoe and operating lever or device and a connected train or mechanism, of a spring located at one end of the connected parts and a seat located at the other end thereof and forming a point of purchase for the spring for holding the connected parts against rattling, substantially as described.

4. In a velocipede, the combination, with the brake-lever carrying the brake-shoe, of a brake-chain adjustably connected with the I00 the combination, with abrake-shoe placed for engagement with .the driving-wheel, a series of connected parts, and an operating-lever, of a spring at one end of the brake-train thus formed and a seat at the opposite end of the train, which forms a point of purchase for the spring which holds the train under tension and against rattling, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

STERLING ELLIOTT.

Witnesses: BERNIOE J. NOYES, HOWARD F. EATON. 

